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AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Van Ryzin, Peter Douma
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A remote control unit in an audio/visual system has a two-way communications link with one or more audio/visual devices. The bi-directional flow of information between the remote control unit and the audio/visual device(s) provides for the creation of remote control commands that are customized based upon the characteristics of the particular A/V device being controlled by the remote control unit. The remote control unit may additionally have another two-way communications link with one or more information-providing devices, such as a personal computer capable of accessing the Internet, that can provide the remote control unit with information available outside the audio/visual environment. The bi-directional flow of information of the two-way communications links is accomplished with a two-way infra-red link or a two-way serial link.
An audio/visual system that provides for the bi-directional exchange of information, comprising:
A remote control unit capable of bi-directional exchange of information with one or more audio/visual devices in an audio/visual system and of bi-directional exchange of information with an information-providing device capable of accessing information external to the audio/visual system, wherein the remote control unit has a first port of a first two-way communications link for transmitting information to the one or more audio/visual devices, a second port of the first two-way communications link for receiving information from the one or more audio/visual devices, a first port of a second two-way communications link for transmitting information to the information-providing device, and a second port of the second two-way communications link for receiving information from the information-providing device.
A method for the bi-directional exchange of information between a remote control unit and one or more audio/visual devices and between the remote control unit and an information-providing device of an audio/visual system capable of accessing information external to the audio/visual system, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.